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Firm pessimism
Brexit is looming for British employers. A poll led by the employment agency,
ManpowerGroup, has found that hiring optimism is at its lowest level since 2012
among British employers. The poll, carried out among 2,100 employers across
nine different industry sectors, found that only 4% of irms in the UK are plan-
ning to increase stafing levels instead of making cuts. The utility industries are
among the most optimistic sectors. The survey also found that employers in
England are more optimistic than in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
to loom to seem imminent/menacing / poll survey, study / hiring employment, recruitment / to carry out to do,
conduct / irm company / staing level number of employees / survey poll, study / Wales country that is part of
the UK and to the west of England (capital: Cardif).
The game is on
How well do you know your English
vocabulary? Beware if you’re planning to
play Scrabble in English: 300 new words
have been added to the oicial Scrabble
dictionary. This dictionary, irst released in
1976, has been updated every four to eight
years. “Emoji”, “twerk”, “beatdown,” and the
long-awaited two-letter word “OK” are
some new words you can now use.
beware be careful / to add here, to include / to
release to publish / to update to bring up to date,
modernise, renew / emoji emoticon / twerk dance
that is overtly sexual (combination of twist and jerk)
/ beatdown overwhelming defeat.
Baby names
The 100 most popular baby names in England
and Wales for 2017 have been revealed. For
boys, Oliver is once again the most popular
name, as it has been since 2013. Olivia tops
the girls’ list, a position it has held since 2016.
Harry and George are the second and third
most favoured names for boys, as are Amelia
and Isla for girls. On the other hand, the name
Sarah has dropped out of the top 100 for the
irst time since 1904.
to hold, held, held to keep / favoured preferred / on
the other hand however, in contrast to / to drop out
of to quit, here, to disappear from, be left out of.
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le chifre de la quinzaine
This is the average salary of
graduates from Imperial College
London in their irst year of work.
That’s £5,000 more than the typical
Oxford or Cambridge graduate!
Andrew Hunter, co-founder of
Adzuna, the job website that led the
study, said: “Students concerned
with getting the best bang for their
buck should look outside the
traditional league tables and should
not automatically assume Oxbridge
to be best”.
average standard, typical, normal /
graduate here, with a diploma from
university / concerned interested (in),
worried (about) / to get the bang for
the buck to obtain the best proit from
one’s endeavour / league table
classiication of the best universities / to
assume to suppose, presume.
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